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Technical Reports Services: DIALOGONDISC - Engineering Conferences and Reports; GrayLit Network - makes the gray literature of U.S. Federal Agencies easily accessible over the Internet.; GEIGER COM RESEARCH Engine - provides a comprehensive collection of science and engineering technical reports on the Internet; IAEA INIS - International Nuclear Information System; Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD); Technical Report Archive - Transportation Research Group, University of Cambridge; Technical Report Resources on the Internet via ICE; US Dept of Defense - Scientific and Technical Information Network; US Dept of Energy - DoE Information Bridge offers free access to full-text and bibliographic records of DOE research and development reports in a wide range of topics including engineering; US Engineering Information; US NACA Technical Reports Server - browseable and searchable, NACA technical reports, notes and memoranda.; US NASA CASI Technical Reports Server; US NASA Technical Reports Server - an experimental service that allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs; Virtual Technical Reports Center (University of Maryland) - Institutions listed provide full-text reports, or searchable abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web. Links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds. Updated monthly.
Organisations managing grey literature in Europe: BLDSC’s grey lit info pages; EAGLE/SIGLE - The European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation/System of Information for Grey Literature in Europe. A co-operative network for identification, location and supply of Grey Literature. It produces and provides access to the bibliographic database SIGLE.
Portals: AERADE - the UK portal to quality aerospace & defence resources on the internet.; AVEL - Australasian portal to engineering & information technology resources selected and reviewed by experts.; EEVL - a UK-based guide to engineering information on the Internet
Engineering discussion forums: Technical support forums and mutual help system for engineering professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden.; Engineers International - an opportunity to share ideas, get assistance, post questions, or discuss any new developments in industry. No need to register.; PE Forums hosted by Professional Engineering - "open for business with debate and discussion on a wide variety of engineering and other topics."

Collection management: Collection Management Issues and the Cedars Project; D-Lib Forum - supports researchers and developers working to create and apply the technologies leading to the global digital library. Its goal is to support and facilitate collaborative activities, information exchange, and communications.; Digital library Sunsite collection and preservation policy; Digital Library Toolkit - a document, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, addressing issues facing those trying to develop, manage, and distribute digital content.; "Working with the DNER; Standards and Guidelines to Build a National Resource - provides guidelines and practices critical to developing, managing, and delivering digital resources online. A source of information for projects and services involved in the development of the DNER. A point of reference and information for those interested in sharing or contributing content to the DNER.; Effective Records Management Project - a two year project at the University of Glasgow Archives and Business Records Centre, funded by the JISC Technology Applications Programme (JTAP). The aim is to provide tools and protocols for effective management of information in digital form.; HEDS, Higher Education Digitisation Service - provides advice, consultancy and a complete production service for digitisation and digital library development.; Preservation Management of Digital Materials Workbook - produced by Neil Beagrie (JISC) and Maggie Jones (AHDS) funded by Re:source the Council for Museums Archives and Libraries, provides an overview of digital preservation issues and practice.; Public Records Office's Acquisition and Disposition policies for the selection of records for permanent preservation
Other research projects: CEDARS Project, CURL Exemplars in Digital ARchiveS - the project's main objective is to address issues and provide guidance in best practice for digital preservation
Publications: International Journal on Grey Literature - sets out to advance knowledge and understanding of Grey Literature. (Available by subscription or via NESLI.) DISCONTINUED MAY 2001; RLG DigiNews - a bimonthly web-based newsletter with a focus on digital preservation, awareness of evolving practices in image conversion and digital archiving, and a deeper understanding of digital issues.
Technical issues: Bath Profile - An International Z39.50 Specification for Library Applications and Resource Discovery (UKOLN); Dublin Core Metadata Initiative; Open Archives Initiative - the OAI metadata harvesting protocol aims to supply an application-independent interoperability framework for use by a variety of communities engaged in publishing content on the Web. The OAI protocol permits metadata harvesting, resulting in an interoperability framework between Data Providers exposing metadata about the content in their systems, and Service Providers requesting and using the returned metadata as a basis for building value-added services.; Exposing and Harvesting Metadata Using the OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocol: A Tutorial. A useful article appearing in the High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine, Issue 4 / June 2001; XML and Databases - An well written article about XML and databases which weighs and balances the advantages and disadvantages of XML and databases.; Z39.50 in Europe - Z39.50 activities in Europe, with a focus on the UK (UKOLN)

Engineering Institutions and Organisations: ER-Online - Institutions & Organisations; Engineering Council - Directory of Engineering Institutions; Engineers International - provides a free searchable database of online engineering companies from around the world as well as a comprehensive free listing of engineering institutes and associations and educational institutes.